Those of us of a certain age, which includes all of us here at the big SFS, remember the 'classic' SF movie Tron with at least some fondness. I managed to score the 20th Anniversary DVD edition for my birthday a couple of years back and introduced my kids to Tron, which they then proceeded to watch at least 5 times over the next two days.

Writer/director Steve Lisberger directed two more movies, Hot Pursuit and Slipstream, but nothing that approaches the cult status of Tron. But now, Tom's Games has an interview with Lisberger where he details the new script he's working on called Soul Code. The new movie isn't a sequel, as Lisberger says Tron stopped pretty much at the end of the road, but Soul Code will deal with human interaction with advancing technology. Those of you who want to see more of the Tron story ought to find the PC game Tron 2.0, which is actually a really nice FPS in it's own right, aside from continuing the story.

From what is in the article, Soul Code will deal with the discovery of the ability to 'download' people's memories, presumably into a computer. Nothing really new to us in the SF community, but as far as SF movies go, I'm hard pressed to think of one that deal directly with this. Maybe the Lawnmower Man movies.

It's a long article and I'm officially interested in the movie, which could be ready by late 2009, so set your alarms now.

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Posted by JP Frantz at Sunday December 30, 2007 at 2:53 PM
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